So, after you've had a chance to watch the Wyoming game, what's your thoughts? Strengths and weaknesses that you see in Wyoming. What would YOU do if you were to play against Wyoming?
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Cougs will simply get run over in Laramie. DL woes vs their RBs will be telling. I'm even more impressed with Wyoming's defense. Currently holding NMS to 39 total yards through 3 quarters. Fast, relentless, well coached team on both sides of the ball.
WSU starts 0-1 again.
Betcha Pelluer has 14 tackles and the d has several sacks. Snoudn't be close.It’s New Mexico Fricking State. Their receivers were constantly out of position with countless drops. You can’t even compare.
So, after you've had a chance to watch the Wyoming game, what's your thoughts? Strengths and weaknesses that you see in Wyoming. What would YOU do if you were to play against Wyoming?
Wyoming’s strengths are its defense (the DL and Linebackers) and its run game which is what you expect from a Craig Bohl/ Scottie Hazelton team.
The weaknesses are the QB and their secondary.
If I was creating a strategy against Wyoming I would do the following.
On defense - I would put 8 in the box and let our upperclassmen strong corners like Sean Harper and Molton take on their receivers in man
NMSU overrated their team and it showed on the field. WSU s fans may be under rating Wyoming as a team They have 8 starters returning on defense and 9 starters on offense.They were 8-5 last year and ran all over Central Michigan in their bowl game. They are superbly coached and this is probably Bohl s best team at Wyoming . The cougs better be ready for a tough game against a physical tough team. If the cougs get out of Laramie with a win coug fans should be happy.Wyoming will be sky high for the game and Wyoming s players do not buy into that they should bow down to "superior PAC 12. players" Objective Las Vegas oddsmakers will probably rate the game as a tossup or slightly favor Wyoming in the game.
There’s not much to be learned from last nights game.
Wyoming totally dominated them defensively. It wasn’t even close. NMSU only crossed the 50 on their final drive. A+ rating there. On the other hand, the air raid is a totally different animal against better athletes.
NMSU was a bowl team last season, but they lost 6 games. It’s not as though they’re Boise State, and they got booted out of their conference. I can’t imagine their recruiting was stellar. They also lost all of their top skill player contributors.
Wyoming lived up to who they are though. They play great defense, conservative offense, and make games ugly. Playing us in their home opener will have them fired up. We’ll need to show up to win. There’s a reason the point spread is around 3 points.
There’s not much to be learned from last nights game.
Wyoming totally dominated them defensively. It wasn’t even close. NMSU only crossed the 50 on their final drive. A+ rating there. On the other hand, the air raid is a totally different animal against better athletes.
NMSU was a bowl team last season, but they lost 6 games. It’s not as though they’re Boise State, and they got booted out of their conference. I can’t imagine their recruiting was stellar. They also lost all of their top skill player contributors.
Wyoming lived up to who they are though. They play great defense, conservative offense, and make games ugly. Playing us in their home opener will have them fired up. We’ll need to show up to win. There’s a reason the point spread is around 3 points.
Didn't watch the game, be seeing as it's a season opener, and the opponent looks to actually have a pulse, I don't like our chances.So, after you've had a chance to watch the Wyoming game, what's your thoughts? Strengths and weaknesses that you see in Wyoming. What would YOU do if you were to play against Wyoming?
In all honesty ElC, I'm hard pressed to find anyone on here who is predicting a "simple, sure thing"?You need to remember that their QB is a RS Frosh making his debut on the road. He was 13-22 for 137 yards with an offense which shut down to prepare fpr this week. Last year the Cowboys averaged 177 yds passing per game and 226 rushing yds per game I do nor expect that to change. The Cowboys have 9 returning starters on offense. That is an experienced quality team which is superbly coached. The Cowboys led the nation last year in having underclassmen starting last year at 56.2 % and won 8 games last year. Their defense was one of the most improved last year by 17.7 ppg and 117 yds per game. Their offense won 8 games last year with a celebrated QB who completed 56.2$ of his passes.
You can learn a lot and a victory is certainly not a simple sure thing as some people are suggesting.
Betcha Pelluer has 14 tackles and the d has several sacks. Snoudn't be close.
Since you are a complete rube... When do teams ever get to play best v best. It's called a hypothetical, you simpleton.
- Perhaps but people talk like if the cougs do a few simple things that the game is an automatic win" Best v best we beat then handily"; "You can learn a little.The Wyoming QB is not good. If the defense has trouble stopping the run with their basic stuff man up the corners and make sure the TE s are covered" Truth be told they may have trouble on both sides of the ball and will be lucky to come out of the game with a win. If the cougs beat them handily i will be very pleasantly surprised.
If WSU can't shut down their running attack....I agree...they have a great deal of work to do. That's why I'm predicting Payton has a "high tackle" game. If it's one of the safeties...then there's a great amount of work to do.I'm not so sure. No prediction, but Wyoming looks very physical, especially on defense. We'll see how our defense holds up without Lolohea, Oguayo, Onyeukwu, and perhaps Moore and Tago. That's five guys who were going to play significant minutes.
- Perhaps but people talk like if the cougs do a few simple things that the game is an automatic win" Best v best we beat then handily"; "You can learn a little.The Wyoming QB is not good. If the defense has trouble stopping the run with their basic stuff man up the corners and make sure the TE s are covered" Truth be told they may have trouble on both sides of the ball and will be lucky to come out of the game with a win. If the cougs beat them handily i will be very pleasantly surprised.
Bleeding again for your simplistic statement and you made to look like a complete fool The truth is that the supposedly better athletes are not really that great on many college teams. Fans wonder why the NFL does not draft their players? The simple answer is that there are better athletes in other leagues and only a few teams like Alabama Ohio State and others have quantitatively better athletes than most college teams. Speaking of it looks like the PAC 12 is rising again. It looks like Washington.Stanford and USC will have high ranked teams. It also looks like the other teams are improving also so this should be a good year for the PAC 12.
If WSU can't shut down their running attack....I agree...they have a great deal of work to do. That's why I'm predicting Payton has a "high tackle" game. If it's one of the safeties...then there's a great amount of work to do.
Yes, but it's a very good freakin Wyoming. We have few opponents that we can look down our noses at. Maybe San Jose State but even they remind me of the Portland State debacle.ITS FREAKIN WYOMING.
I'm not so sure. No prediction, but Wyoming looks very physical, especially on defense. We'll see how our defense holds up without Lolohea, Oguayo, Onyeukwu, and perhaps Moore and Tago. That's five guys who were going to play significant minutes.
Actually i want Minshew to succeed. My greatest worry is that the cougs may have a tough go against the Wyoming defense and Leach benches him .If that happens then leach may bring in your favorite son. I like a Qb with swagger and athleticism to scramble out of the pocket.In my opinion the cougs will be far better off starting Minshew the whole entire season.